Defenition of the word childbed
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Defenition of the word childbed
- The period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks in which the mother recovers from pregnancy and birth.
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Synonyms for the word childbed
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- confinement
- labor
- labour
- lying-in
- parturiency
- travail
Meronymys for the word childbed
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- asynclitism
- gestation
- maternity
- obliquity
- pregnancy
- uterine contraction
Hyponyms for the word childbed
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- premature labor
- premature labour
Hypernyms for the word childbed
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- birth
- birthing
- giving birth
- parturition
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